Episodes

Rabia Faisal of Chaishaiusa comes on to satisfy all our chai craving questions. Uzma and Zaiba fell onto their blends a few years ago and have been devout drinkers since. It’s the company they share with friends who ask which chai to buy. Learn the international chai curating process Rabia uses as well as the custom blending secrets she shares today. @chaishaiusa is SUPER generous to our loyal listeners and is giving away THREE freebies to the first 3 people who get the code word back to us by e...

​Fatmah Muhammad founder of Knafeh Queens is on the podcast for making knafeh konverts of Uzma and Zaiba. This is a dessert that can be daunting for anyone who doesn’t know about it, and your favorite podcast duo avoided knafeh like the plague until they encountered Fatmah’s unique family recipe. From her refreshing mommying philosophy, commitment to family, and commitment to spreading joy and unity through her culinary creations, you will NOT be sorry you hear about Knafeh Queens and its origin...

| Subhaan Ashrafi, founder of Sabr app, joins us today to tell us why he developed this for Muslim audiences and how it can help our families. His story of making a dream required resiliency and relationship-building, which he speaks on at length, an inspiration to us and to our kids. With persistence, he was able to create a unique app of its kind that is serving our families at the podcast so well. In these times of increased mental health and spiritual needs in our community, we need quick co...

| Artist Natalia Dar describes her journey toward healing personal losses via art and the resulting devoted following of admirers she has now. At least this podcast is a devoted follower! We love watching her process, which she shares at length on IG and you could watch those videos FOREVER. We discuss her choice of the hardest things to paint and draw in the art world, which include architecture, her link to her parents, may Allah SWT be pleased with them. Let’s also touch on. the loss of patro...

Fahd Al Binali of IQRA Network joins us today to discuss his role in creating the platform to teach Quran and Islamic studies without children hating either or both. His specific interest in gearing education toward Western audiences is especially important because it focuses on application of these principles in students’ lives. This requires innovatively training and treating instructors in an organized way with accountability on all sides. IQRA fosters the relationship between teachers and st...

@browndages co-founder Instisar Bashir joins us today to describe the product she created with her husband in order to provide POC with options to cover up their wounds with products that actually blend in with their skin. For too long, we’ve had to explain the mainstream bandaids when people can clearly see them on our darker skin when it’s really not relevant to discussions at hand. Can we just cover them up and move on already? Heal in silence! Find out how this mompreneur created Browndages ...

| @covermecutee founder and mompreneur, Idayat Sambo discusses her inspiration for launching a modest clothing brand, the origin story of her massive talent, and the utility of African American fashion fusion. As it turns out, our favorite piece, the Aisha hoodie, is also Idayat's favorite creation! Hear about affirming African standards of beauty that have us convinced we were born on the wrong continent, the amazing charitable work she is doing to empower women with her talent, and how to shop...

| Hanane Jamili discusses her inspiration for art, and her creative process as a busy mom of 3. Find out what products from her we use every day to beautify our homes, and check out her new Ramadan line as you prepare your home for the holy month, or for your Eid gift lists. One lucky winner will win a new piece from her limited edition Ramadan line IF they're the first to email salam@mommyingwhilemuslim.com or DM us with the code word heard on this episode. This giveaway is entirely sponsored b...

| Welcome to the launch of the Muslim Moms’ Favorite Things Series this month! Zaiba & Uzma are introducing the audience to products they use and love, and how to win some yourself in time for Eid. Fellas, this is where you want to shop this year because “happy wife, happy life,” right? If you’re a business that was contacted to be featured on this series, get back to us already! Uzma is exhausted from all the stalking. If you weren’t contacted and think you should be, email salam@mommyinghilemu...

Jenny Triplett is a multimompreneur, author, and podcaster who joins us today to share her POV on surviving marriage, also the title of her podcast! Jenny and her husband Rufus give us tips online and in their programs, and she shares how she survived her own marriage and kept the spark alive through love and loss. We take a curve down the dowry lane based on a recent post that generated a lot of conversation @rufusandjenny, but we bring it back. Her take on the Islamic marriage is conservative,...

She's BAAAAAAACK.....Y'all loved Cliteracy Consciousness last year with Dr. Shaakira Abdullah @thehalalsexpert, but now she's talking to us about the pressures Muslim kids face in and around sex. Is it just Hollywood hype, and how do we prep our kids to keep it halal and locked up until marriage? Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or head to our website for easiest listening. Google will take you right there. And if we are hard to contact this weekend, we are partying in Da...

​WOW! Let us apologize for the echo on this episode. However, we think it’s tolerable. Our DMs have been popping through the year with questions about yoni or vaginal steaming, so we needed to find a practitioner who knows more about this. Chantal Blake joins us from Dakkar, crossing the sea just to teach us about the globally ancient science of yoni steaming, a technique that addresses common issues women encounter daily. Heavy periods, infertility, sexual issues, watch out! Steaming may be the...

We kick off this podcast episode by apologizing to the Michigan Spartans! IFYKYK. Dr. Sadaf Lodhi OB/GYN sets us straight REAL fast on this episode! She is not only a practicing doctor to women, she is also host of The Muslim Sex Podcast and a certified Sex Coach. THEN we start talking about the good stuff to launch our “Muslim Moms Aren't Nuns” series this February. What are the silent conversations Muslims are having with themselves about sex, or what are the stories we make up about sex becau...